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St. Mary's team celebrate winning. Presseye/William Cherry/INPHO
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Derry's St Mary's lift MacRory Cup to reach All-Ireland semi-final against Wexford's St Peter's

Victory arrived today against St Colman’s of Newry.

DERRY’S ST MARY’S Magherafelt are celebrating MacRory Cup glory for the first time after they saw off St Colman’s Newry today by 0-19 to 0-13, to land the biggest prize in Ulster colleges football.

Victor for the Derry school propels them into an All-Ireland senior semi-final meeting next Wednesday against the Leinster champions, St Peter’s from Wexford.

The other semi-final in the battle for the Hogan Cup takes place tomorrow in Ennis between St Brendan’s Killarney and St Colman’s Claremorris.

At the Athletic Grounds in Armagh today, it was a six-point success for St Mary’s in a game where they were in front 0-8 to 0-6 at the break. St Colman’s rallied in the second half to trail at one stage by 0-15 to 0-13 in a game where they were chasing their 20th title.

But St Mary’s finished strongly to hit four unanswered points and seal a famous success.

Kevin Small and Declan Cassidy starred for the winners as they made amends in style for losing the two previous finals.

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